Education: Nobody Here But Us Mice?

Majority Leader Benjamin F. Feinberg of New York's Republican state
senate regarded it as "the finest bill I have ever sponsored during a
long career [16 years] in the legislature." The bill: an act to purge
fellow traveler and Communist teachers from the state public-school
system. Other states, such as Illinois and Texas, have ordered
investigations of Communist activities in education (TIME, April 4).
But last week, with Governor Dewey's signature on Ben Feinberg's bill,
New York went even further.

Under the Feinberg bill, the Board of Regents, the top governing body of
the state public-school system, will be the sole authority...